There are many interesting sub-themes that I think are deep in this movie, and I am not sure whether they are all intentional. I'm sure many of us have experienced the "annoying friend syndrome" where someone picks you and bugs you persistently (and it's not really their fault---they're just lonely). Many of us have also experienced, either first hand or second hand, the amount of control people give up to television. The audience laughs when they hear Chip say "I am the bastard child of Claire Huxtable", but the movie also tells us that it isn't a laughing matter. These are the two major topics addressed in this movie, but there are others that the movie touches on (the broadcast of a murder trial itself, for example).
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Tue 19 Nov 2013, 13:48, Reply)